by Elizabeth Oakes | Oct 31, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, President Trump and President Xi agreed to a trade truce on the sidelines of APEC, the center-left D66 party won the most votes in the Dutch election, paramilitary forces in Sudan seized control of Darfur, and Category 5 Hurricane Melissa devastated parts...
by Elizabeth Oakes | Oct 24, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, President Trump terminated trade negotiations with Canada, the U.S. launched strikes on alleged drug boats in the Pacific expanding its campaign beyond the Caribbean, the Chinese Communist Party held its fourth plenum in Beijing, and President Trump imposed...
by Elizabeth Oakes | Oct 17, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, Hamas released all 20 living hostages and Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of the first phase of the Gaza peace deal, President Trump spoke on the phone with President Putin and met with President Zelenskyy at the White House,...
by Elizabeth Oakes | Oct 10, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, Israel and Hamas accepted the first phase of President Trump’s Gaza peace deal, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with President Trump at the White House, Japan’s Komeito party withdrew from its 26-year alliance with the Liberal Democratic...
by Elizabeth Oakes | Oct 3, 2025 | The Weekly Leaf
This week, President Trump proposed a peace deal to end the war in Gaza, European leaders gathered in Copenhagen to discuss defense initiatives, President Trump and Secretary Hegseth assembled U.S. military leaders at Quantico, and the U.S. government shut down. Read...
